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Mets Statistics |
Situational Statistics |
Wally Backman vs. the Mets |
Wally Backman vs. Other Teams |
Ballpark Statistics |
Monthly Statistics |
Game Log |
Memories of Wally Backman |
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Wally Backman
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 34 of 954 players
Born: September 22, 1959 at Hillsboro, Ore. Throws: Right Bats: Both Height: 5.09 Weight: 160 Wally Backman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 17 times, most recently on September 23, 2012. |
First Mets game: September 2, 1980 Last Mets game: October 12, 1988
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Wally Backman also played for the following teams:
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Wally Backman managed the following Mets farm teams:
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Selected by New York Mets organization in first round (16th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 7, 1977.
Traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins with Mike Santiago in exchange for Toby Nivens, Steve Gasser and Jeff Bumgarner on December 7, 1988.
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| On disabled list from August 15, 1982 to September 7, 1982 (fractured left collarbone); from June 9, 1987 to June 29, 1987 (pulled left hamstring); from August 27, 1988 to September 11, 1988 (aggravated strain, right hamstring). |
Click the icon to see a graph of Wally Backman's batting, slugging, and on base percentages
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Games where Wally Backman had 4 or more Hits
vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 10/01/80.
vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 04/26/85.
At Atlanta (NL) 07/04/85.
vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 09/21/85.
At Atlanta (NL) 04/29/86.
At Cincinnati (NL) 05/04/86.
Games played by position
1980: Second Base 20, Shortstop 8
1981: Second Base 11, Third Base 1
1982: Second Base 88, Third Base 5, Shortstop 1
1983: Second Base 13, Third Base 2, Shortstop 1
1984: Second Base 115, Shortstop 8
1985: Second Base 140, Shortstop 1
1986: Second Base 113
1987: Second Base 88
1988: Second Base 92
Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Wally Backman was in the starting lineup.
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
| 1980 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 49 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 168 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 21 | 0 |